List of marquesses in Italy

Italy, as a single nation state, began only in 1861, after the Piedmont-based Kingdom of Sardinia conquered most of present-day Italy. At that point, titles were recognized to all who held them according to the law of so-called pre-unitarian States. Consequently, the Kingdom of Italy had several different nobility traditions, one for each pre-unitarian State and one for the unified state (that was actually the Piedmontese-Savoyard one). That is why the Italian College of Arms, called Consulta araldica (heraldic council), was organized in 14 "regional" commissions. Common rules concerning all titles were established only in 1926.[Note 1] That is why a list of Italian marquisates has to be divided into different pre-unitarian lists, plus a unified list for titles granted after 1861.[Note 2] The latter should be completed with titles granted by the last King of Italy, Humbert II, during his exile and after the proclamation of the republic (1946), until his death in 1983: these concessions base upon the fact that he was not defeated in war and thus remained a king, that is a fons honorum, but this issue is controversial, titles granted by a non-reigning king not being recognized by most noble and royal families in Europe. Only the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana recognize these titles, while the CILANE treats them as mere titles of courtesy.[1] Since 1948, the republican constitution states that <<nobility titles are not recognized>>.[2] It means that public bodies have not the power to use them towards nobility and tribunals have no power to state about their existence or non-existence, even as an interlocutory matter. The main association that privately protects titles and nobility is the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana (body of the Italian nobility, also known as CNI).[Note 3]

List of marquesses in the Papal States

In Rome, several families hold a title of Marquis. A couple of them (traditionally four) are called "Marquesses of canopy" (in Italian: marchesi di "baldacchino"), since they hold the privilege of being among those that the Pope could visit and kept in their residence a special throne under a canopy for this aim.[Note 4] It is a historical privilege (the Pope does not visit privates nowadays) that permits these families to rank among Roman Princes[Note 5] and Dukes and let their members – as it happens for all families of Princes and Dukes in Italy – to be styled as Don or Donna before their first name. Since it is a customary privilege, some of them are disputed, especially in cases when a family got extinguished and it is not clear whether some other house inherited that rank.

Canopy marquesses[Note 6]

Other marquesses in Rome

Other marquesses include some distinguished families and also many of the Roman princes, who have among their many titles some of Marquess. The latter are non-included in the list hereafter; on the other hand, the list is incomplete also as concerns houses whose main title is that of Marquess.

List of marquesses in the rest of Latium, in Umbria and in the Marches

The list is incomplete.

List of marquesses in the papal "Romagne"

The list is incomplete.

List of marquesses in Piedmont

Present Piedmont was called the principality of Piedmont and in its territory lie the former sovereign Marquisates of Montferrat (later Dukedom) and Saluzzo. Since it has been ruled by the Duke of Savoy whose sovereign title was that of Duke, the title of Marquis is quite rare and reveals a relevant rank. Hereafter some of the houses holding a title of marquis are listed, in alphabetical order, and the relevant title is indicated with the form of succession. The list is incomplete.

List of marquesses in Sardinia

The following section contains the list of all Marquessates that have been existing or have existed in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Titles were created through letters patent by the King of Sardinia, who was also King of Aragon since 1326 (actual creation of the Kingdom of Sardinia) to 1500, King of Spain and of Aragon since 1500 to 1713, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire since 1519 to 1556 and since 1713 to 1720 and Duke of Savoy since 1720 to 1847. The autonomous Kingdom of Sardinia ceased in 1847, when its Parliament asked the King – and obtained – for the unification (Italian: perfetta fusione) with the other States belonging to him, namely the Dukedom of Savoy, the Principality of Piedmont, the County of Nice and the Dukedom of Genoa. Titles granted after 1847 by the kings of Sardinia, who became also Kings of Italy since 1861, are not listed here. Feudalism ceased in the years 1838–1840, when fiefs were redeemed by the Crown, i.e. bought. Afterwards, titles continued to be recognized as honours, and nothing changed to this regard after the unification of Italy. Since the establishment of the Italian Republic in 1946, titles are not officially recognized anymore and they exist as traditional and historical remains. The main associations that privately protect titles and nobility are the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana (body of the Italian nobility, also known as CNI) and the Corpo della Nobiltà Sarda (body of the Sardinian nobility).

In 14th and 15th centuries, no titles were granted, but only fief possession. Lords of fiefs were called (in Catalan) Barons or Señors, i.e. lords (normally – but not always – the distinction depended on the extent of the power granted with the fief: Barons had the merum and mixtum imperium, meaning civil and criminal jurisdiction, while Lords only the mixtum imperium, civil jurisdiction) without these terms referring to specific titles but indicating just their quality of fief owners. Progressively, as a mark of distinction, a couple of titles of Viscount were granted: the Kings of Aragon were primarily Counts of Barcelona, so the usual title they had granted in Catalonia had been the one below their own rank. Chiefly in the 16th century, most important feudal lords began to receive titles of Counts, in order to emphasize their role. Only since the end of the century titles of Marquess (Marquis) were granted, as a result of an inflation of titles. Titles of Dukes were as rare as only one was granted before the Savoy rule. A few exception to this trend have to be regarded as recognition of quasi-sovereign status: the rulers of Arborea had in different times the titles of Judex Arboreae,[Note 8] Count of Goceano,[Note 9] Count of Monteleone[Note 10] and Marquis of Oristano,[6] while the foremost house of Carroz, admirals and viceroys, had the title of Count of Quirra.[Note 11][7]

Since the rank of marquis was theoretically the highest one, marquesses were addressed as "illustrious" by anyone and as "cousin" by the monarch, a concept similar to peerage.[Note 12]

Titles were granted either according to the Italian or the Catalan tradition (Latin respectively iuxta morem Italiae and iuxta morem Cathaluniae), meaning that the succession was only by male primogeniture or also by females if the holder of the title had no sons (as it happens today for the crown of England). Succession by females was abolished in 1926, meaning that if the holder has no sons, the title passes to his younger brother, if any (as the normal succession for British titles today).

Number Title Year of creation Grantee Holder at the redemption of fiefs Present holder Comments
1 Marquis of Oristano[8][9][10] 1410 Leonardo Cubello the King[Note 13] the heir to the Sardinian crown, Victor Emmanuel of Savoy created as continuation of once-autonomous "judgedom" (kingdom) of Arborea, after the defeat of the rebellious Marquis in 1478 the Crown added that title to its own titles; the city of Oristano, once Arborea capital city, became a royal city
2 Marquis of Mandas[11] 16th century Pedro Maza y Liçana transformed in dukedom see Duke of Mandas
3 Marquis of Terranova[8][9][10][12] 1579[13] Pedro Maza[14] Pedro Tellez y Giron The Duke of Osuna
4 Marquis of Villasor[8][9][10][12] 1594[15] Jaime Alagon Francisco De Silva The Marquess of Villasor, Álvaro Fernández-Villaverde y Silva upgrading of the ancient county of Villasor
5 Marquis of Quirra[8][9][10][12] 1603[16] Cristobal Centelles Felipe Osorio the Duke of Albuquerque? upgrading of the ancient county of Quirra
6 Marquis of Laconi[8][9][10][12][17] 1603 Jaime Castelvi Ignazio Aymerich The Marquis of Laconi upgrading of the ancient county of Laconi
7 Marquis of Mores[8][9][10][12][17] 1614[18] Caterina Manca[19] Vincenzo Manca disputed upgrading of the ancient county of Mores. After in 1775 the Dukedom of Asinara was created and granted to the Marquis of Mores, the latter title could be borne by the Duke's first son and heir apparent; since the dukedom has peculiar succession rules, who actually holds the title is an unsolved question
8 Marquis of Orani[8][9][10][12] 1617[20] Caterina De Silva[21] Rafael Rodriguez Fernandez[22] The Duke of Alba
9 Marquis of Palmas[8][9][10][12] 1627 Luis Gualbes Joaquin Bou Crespi de Valldaura The Count of Orgaz upgrading of the 17th-century county of Palmas
10 Marquis of Villacidro[8][9][10][12] 1629[23] Antonio Brondo Joaquin Bou Crespi de Valldaura The Count of Orgaz
11 Marquis of Torralba[8][9][10][12] 1631[24] Miguel Comprat Juan Bautista de Queralt Enrique de Queralt
12 Marquis of Siete Fuentes[8][9][10] 1635[25] Juan Bautista Zatrillas Pietro Vivaldi Pasqua[26] The Duke of Saint John[26]
13 Marquis of Albis[8][9][10][12][17][27] 1645[Note 14] Antonio Manca-Guiso The king and Vincenzo Amat[Note 15] The Marquis of Saint Philip upgrading of the ancient barony of Galtelli and Orosei
14 Marquis of Villarios[8][9][10][12][17] 1646[28] Juan Bautista Amat[Note 16] Vittorio Amat disputed upgrading of the county of Villanova del Rio[Note 17]
15 Marquis of Cea[8][9][10] 1646[29] Pablo Castelvì extinct extinct the last Marquis of Cea being Don Jayme Artal Castelvi, who lost the fief in 1669 due to the Camarassa affair. The fief consisted in the two villages of Banari and Siligo, that became afterwards the county of Montacuto (in 1699, to Fortesa family) and, after the extinction of that title, the county of Villanova Montesanto (1741 to Musso family).[30]
16 Marquis of Soleminis[8][9][10][12][17] 1651[31] Francisco Vico (alias Francisco Vico Zonza) Vincenzo Amat The Marquis of Saint Philip
17 Marquis of Montemaggiore (Monte Mayor)[8][9][10][12][17] 1652[32] Pedro Ravaneda Vincenzo Manca disputed[Note 18] upgrading of the ancient lordship of Thiesi
18 Marquis of the Guard (de la Guardia)[8][9][10] 1699[33] Antonio Francisco Genoves extinct[Note 19][34] extinct
19 Marquis of Villaclara[8][9][10][12][35] 1700[36] Joseph Zatrillas Pietro Vivaldi Pasqua The Duke of Saint John The fief was named after a village by Ballao, later abandoned.[37]
20 Marquis of Conquistas[8][9][10][17] 1708[10] Miguel Cervellon Vincenzo Amat The Marquis of Saint Philip originally constituted by different kind of possessions (territories of Platamona and La Crucca in north Sardinia, the rights of the registrar of the cities of Sassari and Bosa, the little island of San Simone called Sa Illetta in the pond of Cagliari – called Santa Gilla – and two fisheries nearby called Is Ois and Sa Coa), it was inherited by Don Francisco Vico; after his death, the fief was renewed to Vincenzo Amat in 1826 but only consisting of Sa Illetta and the fisheries.
21 Marquis of Saint Philip[8][9][17] 1709 Vicente Bacallar Vincenzo Amat The Marquis of Saint Philip not a feudal title
22 Marquis of Isola Rossa[9] 1710 Joseph Masones house Del Alcazar (Madrid)[Note 20] vacant[Note 21]
23 Marquis of Villamarina[8][9] 1711[38] Francisco Pes Francesco Pes extinct
24 Marquis of Saint Ursula[9][17] 1716 Juan Bautista Cugia Gavino Cugia (died 1839) and his son Giovanni Battista[39] The Marquis of Saint Ursula not a feudal title
25 Marquis of Putifigari[8][9][10][12][17] 1717[Note 22][40] Francisco Pilo-Boyl Francesco Maria Pilo Boyl The Marquis of Putifigari upgrading of the ancient barony of Putifigari
26 Marquis of Valverde[8][9][10][12][17] 1735 Joseph Carrion Giovanna Carrion disputed renewed from the previous title granted to Ferrets on the unpopulated village of Vesos near Alghero in 1660, according to F. Floris[41]
27 Marquis of Saint Mary[8][9] 1735 Luis De Roma extinct[42] extinct not a feudal title
28 Marquis of Samassi[8][9][10][12] 1736 Antonio Simon Squinto Lorenzo Ricca di Castelvecchio[43] unknown
29 Marquis of Sedilo and Canales[8][9][10][12] 1737 Juan Maria Solinas[Note 23] Salvatore Delitala extinct
30 Marquis of Isola Maggiore[9] 1745 Bernardino Antonio Genoves it has been included in the next title disputed (or extinct) The Marquis of Villahermosa e Santa Croce included in his title
31 Marquis of Villahermosa and Saint Cross[9][10][12][17] 1745 Bernardino Antonio Genoves Carlo Manca The Marquis of Villahermosa e Santa Croce unpopulated fief, consisting in the mountains (saltos) of Pompongia, Curcuris, Fenugheda, Isola Maggiore e Fossadus by Oristano[44]
32 Marquis of Saint Thomas[8][9][10][12][45] 1747[46] Juana Maria Cervellon[47] Tomaso Nin[Note 24] extinct[Note 25][48] consists of two villages, Gesico and Goni
33 Marquis of San Sperate[8][9][10][12][17] 1749[49] Joseph Cadello Efisio Cadello The Marquis of Neoneli
34 Marquis of Saint Xavier[8][9][10][12] 1749 Francisca Brunengo Giovanna Carcassona[Note 26] extinct[Note 27][48] consisting in two villages, Donori and Serdiana
35 Marquis of Valdecalzana[9] 1750 some Martinez Juan Bautista de Queralt Enrique de Queralt possibly not a Sardinian title, but a Spanish one
36 Marquis of Saint Charles[8][9][10][12][17] 1754[50] Jayme Borro[51] Giovanni Antonio Paliacio unknown consisting in the territory of Marrubiu, it was inherited by a line of Cugias (see after) now extinct; it is unsure whether the present line retains the right to it
37 Marquis of Planargia[8][9][10][12][17] 1756 Ignacio Paliacio[52] Giovanni Antonio Paliaccio[Note 28] The Marquis of Planargia
38 Marquis of Montemuros[9][12][53] 1762[54] Pedro Martinez Pietro Martinez[55] extinct
39 Marquis of Saint Christopher[9][10] 1763 Antonio Todde the title got extinct and the territory was granted to the royal city of Bosa extinct consisting in the village of Montresta and its unpopulated surroundings[56]
40 Marquis of Marghine[9][10][12] 1767 Maria Pimentel[57] Pedro Tellez y Giron The Duke of Osuna Due to a trial about the ancient county of Oliva that the Crown considered extinct, doña Maria Pimentel obtained the title after being recognized partial heir[Note 29][58]
41 Marquis of Arcais[9][10][12][17] 1767 Damiano Nurra Francesco Flores The Marquis of Arcais The fief included only the incomes of the three Campidanos plains of Oristano (Greater Campidano, Campidano of Milis and Campidano of Zerfaliu, excluding the Royal City of Oristano), with no judiciary or administrative power whatsoever
42 Marquis of Saint Victor[9][10][17] 1773[59] Antonio Todde Giuseppe Pes Disputed Consisting of three villages: Sorradile, Bidonì and Nughedu.
43 Marquis of Neoneli[8][9][10][12][17] 1774[60] Pedro Ripoll Mariangela Ripoll, Baron Sanjust's consort The Marquis of Neoneli Consisting also of the village of Ardauli and of the large surrounding hills, but with limited jurisdiction out of the villages.[61]
44 Marquis of Manca[9][17] 1777[62] Emanuel Delitala (aka De Litala) Fernando or Emanuel Delitala Extinct[Note 30] Not a feudal title
45 Marquis of Musei[9][10][12] 1785 Joaquin Bou Crespi de Valldaura Joaquin Bou Crespi de Valldaura[Note 31] The Count of Orgaz
46 Marquis of Busachi[9][10][12][17] 1790[63] Teresa Deliperi Stefanina Ledà[Note 32] extinct
47 Marquis of Gallura[9][10][12] 18th century[64] Federigo Portugal[10] Rafael Fadriguez Fernandez[65] The Marquis of Gallura should be the incumbent Duke of Alba, but they do not use this title.
48 Marquis of Saint Saturninus[9][17][66] 1806 Raimondo Quesada Raimondo Quesada extinct not a feudal title
49 Marquis of Saint Maurice[9][17] 1815 Giovanni Amat Giovanni Amat extinct not a feudal title
50 Marquis of Saint Sebastian[9][17][66] 1816 Carlo Quesada Carlo Quesada The Marquis of Saint Sebastian not a feudal title
51 Marquis of Nissa[9][10][17] 1836 Giovanni Manca Carlo Manca The Marquis of Villahermosa e Santa Croce not a feudal title
52 Marquis of Cervellon 1838 Damiano Flores[67] Damiano Flores Disputed Not a feudal title. The possession of the title of Baron of Samatzai was contested to Damiano Flores's mother, Maria Rita Cervellon, by the Crown; since the trial was still on-going when fiefs were redeemed, he had as a renewal of the old title the mere dignity of Marquis of Cervellon.
53 Marquis of Saint Fidelius[9][66] 1840 Gaetano Mearza[Note 33] Gaetano Mearza (supposed) extinct not a feudal title

Note on language. The ordinary use in Sardinia is that proper names be translated according to the language of the document: that is why name of titles as been translated to English if the case be.[Note 34] For name of people, we adopted the actual most used language at the time: Catalan until the 16th century included, Spanish for the 17th and 18th centuries and later for Spanish subjects, and Italian for the 19th century for Sardinian subjects.

List of marquesses in Lombardy

Lombardy has probably been Italian land with most encountering of Nobility traditions. Consequently, Lombard Nobility has all Italian ranks, including Patricians of the most important cities. Just a few main existing houses being styled as Marquesses are listed hereafter in alphabetical order, indicating the house main title if other and – the case be – the city that houses are Patricians of. The list is most incomplete.

List of marquesses in Liguria

Genoa was ruled as an aristocrat republic until the Napoleonic age, extending its dominion to the whole Liguria and some areas of present Piedmont; after the restoration it became part of the Piedmont-led Kingdom of Sardinia. As all Nobles could be elected to a government office, all were in principle equal; they had the title of Patrician of Genoa, indicated by p.g. after the name and surname, while members of noble families outside the capital had the title of Nobleman or Noblewoman. No other title was specific of the Republic, but several families got titles from other rulers. After the fall of the republic, a consideration arouse: since the head of the State was the Doge, i.e. a Duke, Patrician of Genoa had to be considered as just below, i.e. Marquesses: consequently several head of families pledged for such an acknowledgment by the Consulta araldica and the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana and are styled as Marquesses today; this automatic acknowledgment has been questioned at the end of 20th century and is no more realized by the C.N.I., those acknowledgments already done remaining valid. Houses whose eldest male bear the title of Marquess before his name (incomplete list):

Other titles:

List of marquesses in the so-called "Venices"

Venice has been an independent aristocratic republic since the 8th century until 1797. Since the power was shared among noble houses and every nobleman could be elected (by vote or by ballot) to the most important offices, all noble houses were in principle equal: every member of the aristocracy had the only title of Nobil Homo (nobleman) or Nobil Donna (noblewoman), although some of the Venetian houses are actually the oldest aristocracy in the world, since they can track their ancestors back to the beginning of the Republic. Venice (usually called the Serenissima Republica) was a naval power and thus the wealth of Venetians did not depend on the land but on trades. Also other cities and towns in Venice inland, although subject to Venice, were ruled by noble councils, whose members were nobles by the right to participate to council: the Venetian region is the land of civic nobility. For these reasons, nobility titles other than Nobil Homo/Nobil Donna (usually indicated as N.H. and N.D.), Patrician of Venice (or Venetian Patrician) and Nobleman/Noblewoman of a certain city or town are the only real Venetian titles. After the fall of the republic, under Habsburgs rule, and since 1866 under Italian rule, many Venetian houses got traditional titles, most of them count, that is usually for all family members or at least for all males and usually with no territorial indication. The following list of titles of Marquesses is just the list of families living in the Venetian territories who presently bear such a title, without these title being "Venetian" titles. It is an extract of titles recorded by the three Nobility associations whose competence is the former Venetian territory and that are inspired by the regional commissions of the Consulta araldica: the Venetian one for present Italian region Veneto and provinces of Udine and Pordenone of present-day Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia (that is proper Friuli), the Trento one for present Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (although its competence for noble houses from Alto Adige or South Tyrol, that is the German-speaking province of Bolzano, remains doubtful: are they Italian or Austrian nobles?), and the one for Venezia Giulia, Istria e Dalmazia for present provinces of Trieste and Gorizia (Venezia Giulia or Julian March, part of present administrative region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and families coming from present Slovenian and Croatian territories of Istria and Dalmatia. Only flourishing families are recorded[68] and they appear in alphabetical order, the particle "de" not being considered to this aim unless it is written with a capital letter.[Note 35]

Number Family name Title Holder(s) Family origin Comments
1 de Bassecourt Marquis the eldest male Spain Probably extinct
2 di Brazzà e Cergneu Savorgnan Marquis of Gavignano the eldest male Friuli
3 Buzzaccarini de Vetulis Marquis of Saint-Raphael, Marquis the eldest male, all males Padua
4 di Canossa Marquis all males Canossa
5 Carlotti Marquis, Marquis of Riparbella all males, all males in two lines Verona
6 Colloredo Mels Marquis of Saint Sophia the eldest male Friuli the title belong to only one of the two Colloredo Mels existing houses
7 de Concina Marquis the eldest male Clauzetto Extinct as for males
8 Fabris Isnardis Marquis all males Carnia Extinct as for males
9 Frangipane Marquis the eldest male Rome and Friuli the eldest male actually brings the surnames Frangipane di Strassoldo Soffunbergo
10 Gajoni Berti Marquis all males Verona
11 Gonzaga Marquis of the Vodice, Marquis the eldest male, all males Mantua the last surviving branch of the lords, marquesses and dukes of Mantua, they are registered in the Venetian lists due to the title of Venetian Patrician, that they bring among others (first and foremost, prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Highness)
12 Lechi Marquis of Castellarano and San Cassiano the eldest male Brescia
13 da Lisca Marquis all members Verona
14 Malaspina Marquis all males Verona
15 Manfredini Marquis all males Rovigo
16 Mangilli Marquis of San Gallo in Moggio all males Bergamo
17 Manzoni Marquis all members Padua
18 Meli Lupi di Soragna Tarasconi Marquis all members Parma
19 Polesini Maquis all males Istria
20 Revedin Marquis of Saint Martin the eldest male Ferrara
21 Roi Marquis the eldest male Vicenza
22 Saibante Marquis all members Egna
23 Selvatico Estense Marquis of Querzola the eldest male Padua
24 Strozzi Marquis all males Florence This line of the flourishing family is extinct as for males
25 Voelkl Marquis the eldest male Trieste probably extinct
26 Zamboni Marquis of Salerano the eldest male Verona

Besides of the family titles, two members of the clergy bear, among others, the title of Marquis:

The use of the Roman Catholic Church is that bishop not use nobility tiles nowadays.

List of marquesses in Parma and Piacenza

List of all noble houses bearing the title of Marquis nowadays or that are recently extinct, recognized by the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana.[69] The list is ordered by ancientness of the title.

Number Title Year of concession House that bears it presently Holder(s) Origin Comments
1 Marquis Ab immemorabili Pallavicino all members Parma
2 Marquis 1477 Meli Lupi di Soragna all members Parma including the second line, bearing the surname Meli Lupi di Soragna Tarasconi
3 Marquis of Grazzano with Maiano e Verano 1599 Anguissola di Vigolzone all males Piacenza
4 Marquis of Chiavenna 1648 Landi all males Piacenza
5 Marquis of Monticelli d'Ongina 1650 Casali all males Piacenza
6 Marquis of Vicomero 1651 Cusani all males Parma
7 Marquis 1660 and 1676 Casati Rollieri the eldest male Piacenza
8 Marquis 1695 Lalatta all males Parma
9 Marquis 1695 Lalatta Costerbosa all males Parma a line of the above
10 Marquis 1696 Tirelli all members Parma
11 Marquis of Ivaccari 1697 Volpe Landi all males Piacenza
12 Marquis of Tavasca and Valle Lunga 1705 Tedaldi all males Piacenza
13 Marquis of Costamezzana 1706 Mischi all males Piacenza
14 Marquis of Ozzano with Triano and Sivizzano 1709 Manara all males Parma extinct
15 Marquis of Fontana Pradosa 1716 Paveri Fontana all males Piacenza
16 Marquis 1733 Dosi all males Pontremoli
17 Marquis 1733 Dosi Delfini all males Pontremoli a line of the above
18 Marquis of Medesano 1733 Sanvitale all males Parma
19 Marquis of Medesano 1733 Sanvitale Simonetta all males Parma a line of the above
20 Marquis of Carbonara 1768 Malaspina the eldest male Bobbio
21 Marquis of Collecchio with Collecchiello and Madregolo 1777 dalla Rosa Prati all males Parma
22 Marquis of Piozzano 1779 Paveri Fontana the eldest male Piacenza another title of the Marquesses of Fontana Pradosa – upgrading of the title of Count granted in 1633
23 Marquis of Castelnovo 1794 Pavesi Negri all males Parma
24 Marquis of Piantogna 1795 Corradi Cervi all males Parma
25 Marquis of Volpedo 1889 (recognized) Malaspina the eldest male Bobbio another title of the Marquis of Carbonara (see above)
26 Marquis of Orezzoli 1911 Malaspina all males Bobbio
27 Marquis of Acceglio renovated in 1912 Nasalli Rocca Taffini the eldest male Piacenza
28 Marquis recognized in 1915 Malvicini Fontana all males Piacenza
29 Marquis ? Malaspina all males Bobbio line of Frassi; title recognized by the CNI in 2000

List of marquesses in Modena and Reggio

The Duchy of Modena and Reggio was an independent State from 1598 (before it depended upon Ferrara, that was the main see of the ruling family) until the unification of Italy in 1859, under the rule of the Este until the Napoleonic era and after the Restoration, since 1814, under the Habsburg-Este who had inherited it. The aristocracy of the Duchy includes many families whose members are Patricians of Modena, Patricians of Reggio, Noble of Mirandola, Noble of Carpi, Noble of Finale or Noble of Correggio; several of them, moreover, have the title of Count or Marquis; some had foreign titles. The list hereunder includes only the titles of flourishing families recognized by the Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana (C.N.I.)[Note 36] listed in alphabetical order: the particle "de" is not considered to this aim unless it is written with a capital letter.

Number Family name Title Holder(s) Other titles Comments
1 de Buoi Marquis all males Patricians of Modena and others
2 de Buoi Vizzani Marquis all males Patricians of Modena and others a line of the preceding family
3 Calori Stremiti Marquis of Cavriago and of Cadè the eldest male Count (other males) and others
4 Campori Marquis of Soliera all males Patricians of Modena etc.
5 Carandini Marquis of Sarzano the eldest male Counts (other males) etc.
6 Coccapani Imperiali Marquis of Spezzano; Marquis the eldest male; all other males Noble of Carpi also called Coccapani Imperiale
7 Fontanelli Marquis the eldest male Counts (all males and females) extinct
8 Frosini Marquis of Albinea, Borzano, Mozzadella, Montericco the eldest male Patricians of Modena
9 Gherardini Marquis of Scurano, Bazzano and Pianzo; Marquis of San Polo; Marquis the eldest male; the eldest male; all males Counts, Patrician of Reggio, etc.
10 Malaspina Estense Marquis of Virgoletta, Villa Rocchetta, Beverone, Garbugliaga, Villafranca the eldest male none
11 Malaspina Torello Scotti Marquis of Ponte Bosio the eldest male none
12 Molza Marquis the eldest male Patrician of Modena extinct line
13 Montecuccoli Degli Erri Marquis of Polinago, Vaglio, Susano, Pigneto, Prignano; Marquis the eldest male; all males Patricians of Modena
14 Ollandini Marquis all males none
15 Paolucci Marquis of Vigona, Cividale, Roncole; Marquis the eldest male, all males Patricians of Modena, etc.
16 Parisetti Vaini Marquis of Sigola the eldest male Don or Donna extinct
17 Ponticelli Marquis of Camposanto; Marquis the eldest male; all males Patricians of Modena extinct
18 Rangoni Machiavelli Marquis all males Patricians of Modena, Patricians of Reggio etc.
19 Rocca Saporiti Marquis of the Sforzesca the eldest male Counts (all members) extinct
20 Tacoli Marquis of San Possidonio; Marquis the eldest male; all males Patricians of Modena, Patricians of Reggio
21 Tassoni Estense Marquis of Castelvecchio all males Patricians of Modena etc.

List of marquesses in Tuscany

In Tuscany during the middle age and early modern era all towns and cities were autonomous States with the form of Republics, each having its own Nobility. That is why, in the most incomplete list hereafter, for each house not only is indicated the title of Marquess, but also the Patriciate they hold. Houses are listed by surname.

List of marquesses in the "Neapolitan provinces" (kingdom of Naples and the continental part of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies)

The Kingdom of Naples – united, after the Napoleonic age, to the Kingdom of Sicily thus forming an accentrate Kingdom of the Two Sicilies – was the largest and most developed demographically and culturally of the Italian States. Nobles were many, powerful and with lots of titles: it was one of the few State that used the title of Prince (Principe) as a Nobility title. That is why in the mostly incomplete list below Marquessates are divided according to the house and line they belong, identifying the line with its main title. Succession is by eldest male.

List of marquesses in Sicily

The Kingdom of Sicily was founded in 1282 and ended in 1816 when it was succeeded by the unified Kingdom of Two Sicilies (and since 1859 by the even more unified Kingdom of Italy). Sicilian Nobility, during these centuries, got much power and many titles, up to that of Prince. Only a few existing titles of Marquess are listed hereafter, in alphabetical order of the houses bearing them, indicating also the line and their main title. The list is thus mostly incomplete.

Notes

  1. ↑ Through the Royal Decree N. 1489 dated 16 August 1926 which contains the statute of the successions to nobility titles (published in the Official Journal on 7 September 1926, N. 208).
  2. ↑ Titles granted by the King of Italy are actually included in the lists of each Nobility region hereafter, with the exception of Sardinia (for the latter, however, no news about titles of Marquis granted after 1861 is known).
  3. ↑ See a slight difference for Sardinia hereafter.
  4. ↑ The throne is kept with its front towards the wall and its back onwards, meaning that nobody can sit in it but the Pope.
  5. ↑ In Rome, Prince is the upper grade of nobility titles, since there are not Princes of blood royal.
  6. ↑ The canopy privilege pertains also to the house of Counts Soderini.
  7. ↑ House Mori Ubaldini are from Tuscany, Patricians both of Florence and of Siena; this line inherited the title of Marquess of Marmora from the Piedmontese house Ferrero and lives in Piedmont.
  8. ↑ Hugo II of Bas in 1322.
  9. ↑ Marian IV of Bas in 1339.
  10. ↑ Brancaleone Doria in 1383.
  11. ↑ Berenguer Carroz in 1363: see below for the upgrading of this fief in Marquessate.
  12. ↑ When since 1793 the stamento militare (a kind of house of lords of the Sardinian parliament) met to face the revolutionary Frenchmen (and they were actually successful: Sardinia remained the only European land not invaded by Napoleon, together with Great Britain, Ireland, Sicily and Russia) and had a correspondence with the crown, they got quite upset with a king's reply not respecting that tradition in addressing the marquis of Laconi, then the chairman of the house, until the secretary (i.e. the minister for interiors) explained that the marquis had not been addressed by his majesty as "illustrious cousin" due to a mere copyist's mistake. The letters are now published together with the parliamentary minutes in Carta, Luciano, ed. (2000) [1793]. Acta Curiarum Regni Sardiniae – L'attività degli stamenti nella "Sarda rivoluzione" [The Sardinia parliament acts – The activity of the houses in the "Sardinian revolution"] (in Italian). 24–I. Cagliari: Consiglio regionale della Sardegna (Sardinia Regional Council. pp. 340, 380, 416 and 649.
  13. ↑ Who was actually Charles Albert at the time.
  14. ↑ The diploma has been issued in 1651 but the ancientcy of the title is 1645, since the decision was in that year but the diploma could be issued only in 1651 due to a pending cause. This fact is referred to by Origen, D. Scano say 1649 and F. Floris 1643. The original diploma, kept in the archive Amat di San Filippo in Cagliari with accession code TPP/30, fully confirms Origen.
  15. ↑ Due to a transaction between the crown and the marchioness of Albis in her own right, in 1808 the fief was abolished and incorporated to the crown possessions, while the marchioness and her descendants kept the title and the connected rank, together with other fiefs. See F. Floris, page 532.
  16. ↑ Origen, Elenco and F. Floris. D. Scano says Francisco, who however was Juan Bautista's father who had previously obtained the title of count of Villanova del Rio.
  17. ↑ In the territory of Alghero.
  18. ↑ See Marquis of Mores.
  19. ↑ The fief consisted in the castle of the Guard and the unpopulated surrounding territories in Sulcis. The Marquis never succeeded in populating them, but the fief is important because it is the first one granted to this merchant family rapidly growing in importance, until they obtained the title of Duke of San Pietro in 1737. In 1812 they got extinguished and the fiefs were incorporated to the crown possession.
  20. ↑ Although the Isola Rossa ("the Red Island") itself had been acquired by the crown: see Vacca Odone
  21. ↑ The eldest of Del Alcazar house does not use that title.
  22. ↑ The first grant has been by King Charles VI to Francisco Pilo-Boyl in 1717 (1714 according to F. Floris), during the War of the Spanish Succession; after the loss of the throne by the Habsburgs, the fief was contested and a trial began, ended by a confirmation of the title by King Charles Emanuel III (of the new ruler dynasty, the House of Savoy) to Pedro Pilo Boyl in 1757.
  23. ↑ According to F. Floris (p. 501), Francisco Solinas bought the fief for his nephew or grandson Juan Maria, who obtained the title of marquis.
  24. ↑ Or Tommaso (F. Floris).
  25. ↑ It had been inherited by Giuseppe Gnecco, but got extinct with his son Luigi, who had no sons at a time when female succession was not allowed anymore.
  26. ↑ E. Vacca Odone calls her by mistakes Giovanni, as if she were a male.
  27. ↑ It had been inherited by Giuseppe Gnecco, but got extinct with his son Luigi, who had no sons at a time when female succession was not allowed anymore.
  28. ↑ Also called Palici (that is the present form of the family's surname, although they are usually called "di Suni" (see N. 47).
  29. ↑ Together with the titles of Princess of Anglona, Duchess of Montacuto and Countess of Osilo, the title of princess of Anglona being the only princely title ever attributed in the kingdom of Sardinia.
  30. ↑ Having the last Marquis of Manca, another Emanuele Delitala, died 8 March 2011. See the genealogical tree. The news of the last Marquess's death is in the Sardinian Nobility Association website, by entering and clicking on "L'associazione araldica" on the left: in the last-but-one section, "Aggiornamenti agli alberi genealogici delle famiglie nobili sarde" (updates to Sardinian noble families genealogical trees), in order by date.
  31. ↑ The latter's son.
  32. ↑ Also called Stefania. D. Scano calls her Stefanino, as if it were a male.
  33. ↑ D. Scano calls him Gaetano Marazza Guirisi (the double surname, the father's and the mother's ones, being a common usage in Sardinia until the 20th century such as it is still now in Spain), but the form of the first surname is probably due to a typographic mistake.
  34. ↑ In general terms, the names have been translated if referring to persons or churches or concepts (especially for saints), e.g. Saint Philip, and left in the original or present most used form if they are names of villages (except when there is an English form for the name of the village: but this does not actually happen), e.g. San Sperate in Italian or Siete Fuentes in Spanish.
  35. ↑ Because in that case it is not a particle but part of the name.
  36. ↑ The list of all noble houses of the Duchy has been edited by the local association of the nobility, part of the C.N.I., together with the association of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (see sources).

References

  1. ↑ Luigi Michelini di San Martino, "C.I.L.A.N.E. et C.N.I.: que signifient-ils ces deux acronymes pour les nobles italiens? Un demi-siècle au service de la noblesse", in Notiziario dell'Associazione nobiliare regionale veneta, 2010 (II), N. 2, pp. 7–23: p. 14, ref. 10, lines 9–10.
  2. ↑ Fourteenth of the "final and provisional rules".
  3. 1 2 B. Berthod and P. Blanchard, Trésors inconnus du Vatican, 2001, referred to in this site (page Serlupi, in fine), whose text have been acquired by the Casanate library of Rome. That book has the Cardelli Archive as its source.
  4. ↑ Giovanpietro Caffarelli, I marchesi romani di baldacchino (in Italian), p. 2.
  5. ↑ See also their website.
  6. ↑ Leonardo Cubello in 1410: see below.
  7. ↑ D. Scano, Donna Francesca Zatrillas (see sources below).
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Vincenzo Amat, 9th Marquess of Saint Philip (editor), Origen del caballerato y de la nobleza de varias familias del Reyno de Cerdeña.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 Dionigi Scano, Donna Francesca Zatrillas.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Francesco Floris, Feudi e feudatari in Sardegna.
  11. ↑ Only referred to by D. Scano.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Enrico Vacca Odone, Itinerario-guida ufficiale del regno di Sardegna.
  13. ↑ The year 1579 is referred to by D. Scano; F. Floris says 1583 and Origen 1585.
  14. ↑ Pedro Maza y Liçana according to D. Scano, Pedro Maza (or Massa) Ladron according to Origen and to F. Floris.
  15. ↑ The year 1594 is referred to by Origen and D. Scano; F. Floris says 1593.
  16. ↑ The year 1603 is referred to by Origen and D. Scano; F. Floris says 1604.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Elenco nobiliare sardo.
  18. ↑ The year 1614 is referred to by D. Scano; F. Floris says once 1614 too and once 1616 (while in the Floris-Serra he had said 1644), Origen says 1654 and Elenco 1656.
  19. ↑ Referred to by D. Scano and F. Floris, while Origen and Elenco (and Floris-Serra) refer to Jayme Manca, her grandson.
  20. ↑ The year 1617 is referred to by D. Scano and F. Floris, while Origen says 1624.
  21. ↑ Referred to by D. Scano, while Origen refers to Diego De Silva and F. Floris to Ana Portugal, Rodrigo De Silva's wife.
  22. ↑ Referred to by Vacca-Odone and Elenco (1921 version), while Floris refers to Rafael Fadriguez Fernandez.
  23. ↑ The year 1629 is referred to by D. Scano, this article in the Spanish Wikipedia says 1626 (retrieved in August 2013), while Origen and Floris say 1627.
  24. ↑ The year 1631 is referred to by F. Floris, Origen says 1630 and D. Scano 1635.
  25. ↑ The year 1635 is referred to by Origen and D. Scano, F. Floris says 1633.
  26. 1 2 Considered extinct by D. Scano and Elenco, but as F. Floris says it was actually recognized to the Marquis of Villaclara due to the transaction made in 1735 by the three pretenders: the said Marquis of Villaclara, the Marquis of Albis and the Marquis of the Guard; according to this act the fief was divided in three parts and each pretender got one (the Marquis of Albis got the Barony of Montiferru and the Marquis of the Guard the County of Cuglieri). Origen confirms this inheritance, stating that none of the holder got the diploma: probably the fact that the first Marquis did not live enough, the heir being Donna Francisca Zatrillas, who lost the fief due to the Camarassa affair, and the subsequent trial lasted decades also due to the War of the Spanish Succession; and when the pretenders solved the question through the said transaction they all already had other titles and avoided getting the diploma.
  27. ↑ The creation of the marquisate of Albis is vividly depicted by Jorge Aleo (Francesco Manconi editor and translator from Spanish to Italian), Storia cronologica e veridica dell'isola e regno di Sardegna dall'anno 1637 al 1672 (Chronological and true history of the island and kingdom of Sardinia since 1637 to 1672), Ilisso, Nuoro, 1998, pp. 136–138.
  28. ↑ The year 1646 is referred to by Origen, Elenco and F. Floris, while D. Scano says 1647. The original diploma, kept in the archive Amat di San Filippo in Cagliari with accession code TPP/29, fully confirms 1646.
  29. ↑ According to Origen and F. Floris, while D. Scano says 1645.
  30. ↑ F. Floris, p. 212
  31. ↑ Origen and F. Floris refer the year 1651, while D. Scano says 1637. The original diploma, kept in the archive Amat di San Filippo in Cagliari with accession code TPP/32, has actually been issued in the year 1651, 1637 being the acquisition of the fief by the 1st Marquis's grandfather.
  32. ↑ Origen explains that 1652 is the date of the diploma, which does not state (as it had been the case for other titles) that the ancientcy is the actual date of concession, i.e. 1635. F. Floris refers to 1635 and D. Scano to 1636.
  33. ↑ The year 1699 is referred to by Origen and D. Scano, while F. Floris says 1700.
  34. ↑ See F. Floris, pages 328 and 664–667.
  35. ↑ Elenco, updated version (see in references).
  36. ↑ The year 1700 is referred to by Origen, while D. Scano and F. Floris state 1701.
  37. ↑ F. Floris, Op. cit., page 313.
  38. ↑ The year 1711 is referred to by D. Scano, while Origen states 1712.
  39. ↑ According to the Genealogical tree by Enrico Tola-Grixoni.
  40. ↑ See Elenco and F. Floris.
  41. ↑ Pages 560 and 586. No other sources refer about this concession.
  42. ↑ Inherited by count Francesco Maria Malliano, whose sons died without surviving issue. See tree by Vincenzo Amat here.
  43. ↑ The name of the last feudal marquis is referred to by E. Vacca-Odone (who writes it Rica). F. Floris states it was Luigi Ricca di Castelvero (p. 145).
  44. ↑ E. Vacca-Odone, p. 445.
  45. ↑ In Italian, called San Tomaso or San Tommaso.
  46. ↑ The year 1747 is referred to by Origen and F. Floris, while D. Scano states 1741.
  47. ↑ Called Juana by Origen and Maria by D. Scano and F. Floris: both names are correct, but together, according to this tree, where the names are translated into Italian: Giovanna Maria.
  48. 1 2 See Collegio araldico romano, Libro d'oro della nobiltà italiana, vol XVIII (1977–80), ad vocem.
  49. ↑ The year 1749 is referred to by Origen and D. Scano, while F. Floris states 1742.
  50. ↑ The year 1754 is referred to by Origen and F. Floris, while D. Scano states 1712: F. Floris explains that in 1712 the family obtained the territory with the jurisdiction, while the title was issued in 1754 (page 258).
  51. ↑ D. Scano says Juan Bautista Borro, who was the landowner in 1712: see F. Floris, pages 651–652.
  52. ↑ This name is referred to by Origen and D. Scano, while F. Floris calls him Antonio Ignazio Paliacio.
  53. ↑ Also referred to as Monte Muros.
  54. ↑ Francesco Floris, Feudi e feudatari in Sardegna, Della Torre, Cagliari, 1996, p. 594.
  55. ↑ A grandson of the latter.
  56. ↑ F. Floris, p. 228.
  57. ↑ The name of Maria Pimentel is referred to by D. Scano, while F. Floris calls her Maria Josefa Pimentel (p. 371).
  58. ↑ See F. Floris, loc. cit..
  59. ↑ The year 1773 is referred to by D. Scano, while F. Floris states October 1774.
  60. ↑ The year 1774 is referred to by Origen and D. Scano, while F. Floris states May 1775.
  61. ↑ F. Floris, page 271.
  62. ↑ The year 1777 is referred to by D. Scano, Elenco states 1758.
  63. ↑ The year 1790 is referred to by D. Scano, while F. Floris states January 1791.
  64. ↑ The 18th century is referred to by D. Scano. F. Floris states that when the Maça family, lords of Gallura, became extinct, a trial began, that led to the division of the whole region; the part called Gallura Gemini was obtained by the Portugal family with the title of Marquis of Gallura in 1571–1577, while the rest went to Pedro Ladron, who took the name Pedro Maça Ladron, with the title of Marquess of Terranova: F. Floris, p. 242.
  65. ↑ Referred to by Floris, while Vacca-Odone refers to Rafael Rodriguez Fernandez.
  66. 1 2 3 Francesco Floris and Sergio Serra, Storia della nobiltà in Sardegna. Genealogia e araldica delle famiglie nobili sarde.
  67. ↑ Elenco (1921 edition, see how to reach the link in references).
  68. ↑ The titles are registered in Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana (Associazione nobiliare regionale veneta), Famiglie nobili delle Venezie, 2001.
  69. ↑ Elenco nobiliare di Modena e Reggio e di Parma e Piacenza.

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Whole Italy, including pre-unitarian States

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